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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Aaron 4 N.J.L. 231 1818 0 Competency of slave as witness New Jersey
Selden v. Coalter 4 Va. 533 1818 0 Wills & Estate General Ct of VA
Rucker v. Harrison 20 Va. 181 1818 1 Virginia
Campbell v. Staiert 6 N.C. 389 1818 0 Trespass North Carolina
Harrison's Administrator v. Raines's Administratrix 19 Va. 456 1818 1 Virginia
Timberlake v. Graves 20 Va. 174 1818 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
McRae's Executors v. Brooks 20 Va. 157 1818 1 Virginia
Cummings v. MacGill 6 N.C. 357 1818 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Den on the demise of Arrington v. Alston 6 N.C. 321 1818 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Delacroix v. Orleans Navigation Co. 5 Mart. (o.s.) 507 1818 0 Contracts, wages, recission, obligations Louisiana
Peytavin v. Hopkins 5 Mart. (o.s.) 438 1818 0 Debts, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, privileges, successions, hearsay Louisiana
Augustin v. Cailleau 5 Mart. (o.s.) 464 1818 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, res judicata, seizure, successions, sequestration, property Louisiana
Jourdan v. Patton 5 Mart. (o.s.) 615 1818 0 Torts, damages, indemnification, property Louisiana
Mayes v. Calvit 5 Mart. (o.s.) 669 1818 0 Sales, delivery, consideration, promissory notes, property, seizure, evidence Louisiana
Pierce v. Grays 5 Mart. (o.s.) 367 1818 0 Sales, property, donations inter vivos, revocation, parol evidence Louisiana
Zanico v. Habine 5 Mart. (o.s.) 372 1818 0 Sales, seizure, statutory interpretation, evidence, property, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Langlish v. Schons 5 Mart. (o.s.) 405 1818 0 Damages, agency, fraud, emancipation, evidence Louisiana
Maurin v. Martinez 5 Mart. (o.s.) 432 1818 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, successions, warranty, prescription Louisiana
Gardner v. Harbour 5 Mart. (o.s.) 408 1818 0 Wills, successions, property, partition Louisiana
Highlander v. Fluke 5 Mart. (o.s.) 442 1818 0 Property, seizure, sales, consideration, witness testimony, fraud, debts Louisiana